153.581
Contracts for construction definitions.

(A)
"Public works contract" means any contract awarded by a contracting authority
for the construction, engineering, alteration, or repair of any public
building, public highway, or other public work.

(B)
"Contracting authority" means the state, any township, county, municipal
corporation, school board, or other governmental entity empowered to award a
public works contract, and any construction manager at
risk as defined in section
9.33 of the
Revised Code or design-build firm as defined in section
153.65 of the Revised Code awarding
a subcontract.

(C)
"Contractor" means any person, partnership, corporation, or association that
has been awarded a public works contract.